Renovation Rescue

I've taken some time off work to rescue my stalled renovation. My task, should I choose to accept it, is to re-do the hallway and do as much gardening as I can.

MON: upper body workout - pulled up carpet and all the prickly tack boards, pulled down wallpaper, knocked out an internal archway (sledgehammer!), and started patching the plaster. Also spent a few hours outside cleaning pavers - from the destroyed courtyard - knocking off mortar and stacking neatly in a corner.

Hope I can last all week!

TUE: plastering the hole created by the now-defunct archway, and all the fist-holes in the walls created by the previous occupant. Raked the front lawn ready for the lawnmower man (as soon as it stops raining). Only mildly stiff and sore from yesterday. Went for a run, then went shopping - have to let the plaster dry!

Longish run from Monbulk towards Sassafrass along the Sassafrass Creek Trail. Nice track, although I had a few false starts leaving Monbulk trying to find the right trail. At one point I CRAWLED (hands and knees) over a slippery fallen-tree bridge over the creek. The twisting movement of my wrist caused the Garmin to pop its strap pin again, and in the next second the pin fell out onto the mossy tree trunk - so there I am, stranded halfway across the creek with a broken Gizmo, and not nearly enough limbs to cope! I did, of course. And popped the pin back in once I was on solid ground.

8.4 km.

WED: very stiff and sore! I think Monday just caught up with me. Threw some more plaster around in the morning, but the thicker stuff was still damp from yesterday so I can't really do anything more until it dries. And it was raining too heavily to do anything outside, so... I went into the city, figuring a long walk would help loosen my back up. Wandered down Smith St into some of the factory shops (why do they never sell anything in a Medium??), and around the CBD. Didn't buy anything, but got in a 2-hour walk.

Oh, and discovered a "bug" in the parking meter software! Feed it $3.50 and hit the black button instead of the green button (by mistake). Money is refunded. Feed it back in, but it rejects every coin - sending it back down the slot. BUT... the amount received keeps going up! So I dialled up $4, got my parking ticket, plus all my coins back. :-))

THU: sanding, plastering, cleaning pavers
bath, Radox, Diclofenac
pizza...

FRI: sanding, plastering, cleaning pavers
not as sore as yesterday, but I think I've temporarily lost the ability to hold a hammer.